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Post by felonious on Jul 20, 2020 20:17:49 GMT
Fantastic back in the day. I'll always be eternally grateful for their heavy recommend of this album  |
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Post by Paul Spencer on Jul 20, 2020 20:32:21 GMT
Fantastic back in the day. I'll always be eternally grateful for their heavy recommend of this album Blimey that's very sad news, I've had a subscription for many years. But it kind of follows on from our convo about the charts ... so much of Q is obsolete by the time it drops through my letterbox, it seems that on so many levels, we no longer need anything but the internet. |
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Jul 20, 2020 20:34:59 GMT
Double thumbs up.
Q used to be a really good music mag, full of good features and reliable recommendations for albums, then at some point around the millennium it went utterly shit, focussing on throwaway crap. It was a right shame.
When you think we used to have Q, the NME and Melody Maker anyone who was into slightly left field music was well catered for.
The only decent music mag now is Mojo. They know their stuff even if not many of the artists they feature are my cup of tea.
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Post by ChesterStokie on Jul 20, 2020 21:20:45 GMT
Yes it's a shame really but inevitable.
I had a subscription for it pretty much from the off (probably from about issue 6) but gave up on it about 10 years ago.
I've always loved The Beach Boys' music and in my younger days I used to attend the annual UK Beach Boys convention, which sounds grand but was basically a couple of hundred people gathering in village hall somewhere in London. In 1988, totally unannounced, Brian Wilson turned up and played 3 songs on a borrowed keyboard placed on a table on the tiny stage. This was truly amazing because in those days Brian didn't play live.
Q Magazine had been tipped off and did a full feature on it written by Andy Gill in the Dec 88 issue. I've still got a copy because there's a little picture of me in it applauding Brian from the front row!
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Post by Paul Spencer on Jul 20, 2020 21:30:35 GMT
Yes it's a shame really but inevitable. I had a subscription for it pretty much from the off (probably from about issue 6) but gave up on it about 10 years ago. I've always loved The Beach Boys' music and in my younger days I used to attend the annual UK Beach Boys convention, which sounds grand but was basically a couple of hundred people gathering in village hall somewhere in London. In 1988, totally unannounced, Brian Wilson turned up and played 3 songs on a borrowed keyboard placed on a table on the tiny stage. This was truly amazing because in those days Brian didn't play live. Q Magazine had been tipped off and did a full feature on it written by Andy Gill in the Dec 88 issue. I've still got a copy because there's a little picture of me in it applauding Brian from the front row! Wow that's an amazing story! Moreso because (as you say) Brian Wilson was nowhere to be seen at that time at all. At the time, it'd have been a bit like Syd Barrett turning up at a Pink Floyd convention. |
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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 20, 2020 21:43:57 GMT
I’ve spent many an hour in WH Smiths reading Q. Sad news.
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Post by ChesterStokie on Jul 20, 2020 22:05:52 GMT
Yes it's a shame really but inevitable. I had a subscription for it pretty much from the off (probably from about issue 6) but gave up on it about 10 years ago. I've always loved The Beach Boys' music and in my younger days I used to attend the annual UK Beach Boys convention, which sounds grand but was basically a couple of hundred people gathering in village hall somewhere in London. In 1988, totally unannounced, Brian Wilson turned up and played 3 songs on a borrowed keyboard placed on a table on the tiny stage. This was truly amazing because in those days Brian didn't play live. Q Magazine had been tipped off and did a full feature on it written by Andy Gill in the Dec 88 issue. I've still got a copy because there's a little picture of me in it applauding Brian from the front row! Wow that's an amazing story! Moreso because (as you say) Brian Wilson was nowhere to be seen at that time at all. At the time, it'd have been a bit like Syd Barrett turning up at a Pink Floyd convention. Yes Paul for those of us privileged to be there it was a truly momentous occasion- certainly one I'll remember for the rest of my life. At the time Brain was still under the control of the infamous Dr Eugene Landy and rarely seen in public. Indeed Landy was there lurking in the background. There is a grainy video of it in existence. My mate who was there with me has a copy and last year I saw it for the first time in about 30 years, including some footage of me getting Brian's autograph. |
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Post by Paul Spencer on Jul 20, 2020 22:34:25 GMT
Wow that's an amazing story! Moreso because (as you say) Brian Wilson was nowhere to be seen at that time at all. At the time, it'd have been a bit like Syd Barrett turning up at a Pink Floyd convention. Yes Paul for those of us privileged to be there it was a truly momentous occasion- certainly one I'll remember for the rest of my life. At the time Brain was still under the control of the infamous Dr Eugene Landy and rarely seen in public. Indeed Landy was there lurking in the background. There is a grainy video of it in existence. My mate who was there with me has a copy and last year I saw it for the first time in about 30 years, including some footage of me getting Brian's autograph. Goosebumps (seriously) mate ... |
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Post by NassauDave on Jul 21, 2020 0:12:55 GMT
I’ve spent many an hour in WH Smiths reading Q. Sad news. It’s fuckers like you that will have WH Smith out of business next Joe. |
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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 21, 2020 3:22:21 GMT
I’ve spent many an hour in WH Smiths reading Q. Sad news. It’s fuckers like you that will have WH Smith out of business next Joe. Your newsagent/bookshop is my library |
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jul 21, 2020 6:46:48 GMT
I used to read Q in the 80s and 90s, pretty much read any music mag including the weekly inkies and mags like VOX. I know the internet has laid waste to a lot of hard copy media, but I also wonder if there’s a decline in people interested in contemporary Rock/guitar music? It’s notable that retro themed mags like Mojo and Record Collector are still with us, so maybe Rock Music has become a backward facing retro scene?
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Post by felonious on Jul 21, 2020 7:16:38 GMT
I’ve spent many an hour in WH Smiths reading Q. Sad news. Can't remember Q being top shelf. |
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Post by NassauDave on Jul 21, 2020 8:33:21 GMT
I’ve spent many an hour in WH Smiths reading Q. Sad news. Can't remember Q being top shelf. A cunning disguise for Razzle Weekly🙈 |
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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 21, 2020 8:38:26 GMT
I used to read Q in the 80s and 90s, pretty much read any music mag including the weekly inkies and mags like VOX. I know the internet has laid waste to a lot of hard copy media, but I also wonder if there’s a decline in people interested in contemporary Rock/guitar music? It’s notable that retro themed mags like Mojo and Record Collector are still with us, so maybe Rock Music has become a backward facing retro scene? Old rock icons are more interesting nowadays because they spill the beans on what happened in younger days. Keef will talk about anything.... Brian Jones, heroin, anything. But we’ll never know for sure what happened with LED Zeppelin and the shark that time. Anyway, old rockers are more interesting for interviews these days. |
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Post by salopstick on Jul 21, 2020 8:59:07 GMT
The printed media will be pretty much extinct in 10 years imo
Some titles may persevere but the internet is making physical media redundant
A shame but a sign of the times
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Post by spiderpuss on Jul 24, 2020 19:37:10 GMT
Great magazine in its heyday, sadly that was a long while ago.
RIP.
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Post by salopstick on Oct 9, 2020 19:33:33 GMT
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Post by sheikhmomo on Oct 9, 2020 20:08:38 GMT
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Post by marylandstoke on Oct 10, 2020 11:38:27 GMT
It’s fuckers like you that will have WH Smith out of business next Joe. Your newsagent/bookshop is my library You should try a real library. They are not only ace but full of really helpful and nice librarians |
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